Adjustable wagon-tongue hounds



A. TEGELER.

ADJUSTABLE WAGON TONGUE HOUND.

APPLICATION msu Nov. 4. |918.

1,313,967. v Patented Aug. 26, 1919. f

ATTORNEY ALOIS TEGELER, OF NASHUA, IOWA.

ADJUSTABLE WAGON-TONGUE I-IOUNDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

Application filed November 4, 1918. Serial No. 261,101.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALoIs TEGELER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashau, in the county of Chickasaw and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Adjustable Wagon-Tongue Hounds, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to adjustable wagon tongue hounds, and more particularly to that class having means for adjusting the same to fit between the hounds of the wagon.

An object is to provide means for causing the tongue-hounds to assume the same angular relation as the wagon-hounds so that, when the tongue hounds are spread to tit between the wagon-hounds, the pull of the team is exerted along the entire length of 'the coacting hounds to move the load within the Wagon, thus resulting in a distributed strain on the several parts and insuring greater strength and durability thereto.

A further object is to provide hounds having the above characteristics, which are carried by and are inseparable from the tongue of the wagon, thus avoiding any danger of loss of the parts, when the tongue is removed from theA wagon to be stored or applied to another wagon.

A full and complete understandingof the invention may be obtained from Va consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification; it being understood that while the drawing shows a practical form of the invention, the latter is not confined to strict conformity therewith, but may be changed or modified, so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention, as

specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing, in which like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures Figure 1 is a plan Aview of the invention, shown applied to the front hounds of a .wagon of ordinary construction.

j Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the yline 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a similar view, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional View,

j. taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

The front hounds 1 1 of a wagon are illustrated in the drawing, and since these may represent the hounds of any wagon of ordinary construction, it is not deemed necessary to describe the same. The hounds are arranged at different angles and different distances apart in wagons of different makes, and it is the object to arrange co-acting hounds carried by the tongue, so that the same may be readily adapted to properly fit the said wagon hounds.

To this end, the wagon-tongue 2, which may also be of any ordinary construction, is provided with a pair of oppositely disposed tongue-hounds 3-3, which are located adjacent to the rear or wagon end of the tongue- 2 and at either side thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. These tonguehounds 3 3 are preferably formed of angle iron of ordinary commercial form, as shown, and are of sulicient weight and strength to withstand the heavy strain to which they are subjected while in use. The plates or flanges of the angle iron, comprising the hounds, are arranged, one on the outside and one on top, so that the same may properly engage the inner faces of the front wagon-hounds and at the same` time have an inwardly-directed flange or plate for attachment to parts to be later described.

Front and rear spreader bars 4 and 5 re spectively, connecting the hounds 3 3 and tongue 2 are pivotally mounted adjacent to their inner ends, upon the upper side lof the tongue 2, the front and rear pivotal bolts 6 and 7 respectively traversing one of a series of perforations 8, arranged longitudinally at theA inner ends of said bars, which are arranged to lie one upon the other of each pair, the said bolts extendingthrough suitable alined, vertically-disposed passages 9, formed in the longitudinal center of the wagon-tongue 2. These spreader bars 4 and 5 are similarly constructed except that the rear bars 5 are somewhat longer than the front bars 4 in order to conform to the tapering disposition of the wagon-hounds 1 1. It is the ordinary practice to construct the wagon-hounds of lighter material than the wagon-tongue, and the upper face of the latter is therefore relatively higher than the upper surfaces of the hounds, and since it is necessary that the adjustable tongue-hounds 3 3 shall bear firmly against the inner opposed' faces of the wagon-hounds in ord-erV toV properly function, the spreader bars l and 5 are each provided with a bend 1Q adjacent to their outer ends, for the purpose of arranging 5 the said ends beneath the horizontallyfdis- V anyone of the spreaders about its pivot 6 orV posed inwardly-directed flange of the adjacent hound 3, 'to which they are pivotally connected by vertically disposed bolts 11 11. The hounds are each provided 'near their 10 front and rear ends with longitudinally dis- Z will resultv in a corresponding inward or outward movementv of the adjacent end of the tongue-hound.

are'each pivotally connected by bolts 13 with the rearjends of drag links' M M,

V which extend forwardly and inwardly7 'toward-the sides of the'tongue 2, to which they arepivotally connected' by verticallygoidisposed bolts 15 traversing eyes 16 formed in the 'rear endsY of adjustable attaching plates 17, lhaving 'suitable slots 18 for the reception off bolts 19, passing horizontally through the tongue 2, thus'permitting the backward and forward adjustment of the `attaching plates 17, as desired, to properly locate thej-j hounds 3 :with relationV tothe wagon-hounds 1 1. A' clip 2Q` is suitably secured to 'the upper side of' the-wagon- 40 tongue 2, to beV used'in connection withl a double-treelnot shown). Y

The wagon-tongue 2 is provided with a passage-way V221 Yfor the reception of the usual queen bolt22y which iscarried b-y the V wagon-hounds 1 1, land the tongue-hounds 3 3l are provided with longitudinally disposed slots 23 formed ink their y vertical flanges, `through whichy the isaid bolt 22 Y passes, in order to secure the tongue .together ,50 with the parts carried thereby 'in vposition upon thewagon. The slots 23 permit of ample forward and backward movement of Y the hounds 3 3 during their adjustment. Filler blocks 24, preferably formed of wood,

are secured by rivets2`5 between the flanges of the hounds 3 and at the central portion thereof-,and are provided with horizontallydisposed slots 26, registering with and corresponding to the slots 23 and yproviding for the free passageway of the bolt 22 therethrough and the relative movement of the hounds r3 3 about said. bolt. l e

It will be seen that byreleasing the. bolts 6, 7 and 11, and by the proper manipula- The forward ends of the tongue-hounds tion of the spreaders 4 and 5, the y'hounds 3 3 may be brought to a position to snugly fit between the wagon-hounds 1 1, so that considerable of the strain on t-he queen bolt 22 will be relieved by such engagement, and it will also be seen that the drag links 1& 14 tend to relieve such strain upon the bolt where passing through Fthe wagonlThe hounds can be adjusted to fit any wagon in ashort time.' f

iIn applying the same, the tongue is yplaced .between the wagon-hounds with the tongue- "hounds contracted.` Then the queen bolt` is passed transversely through the wagonhounds, tongue and tongue-hounds; The Vfront spreaders are then moved forwardly to force Ythe engagementk of Vthe respective hounds and the rear spreaders are moved in like manner until the tongue-'houndsl snugly l litv the wagon-hounds. 4The several bolts are then tightened and the tongue is ready for use. Y' v `The slots in the tongue-hounds provide for ample movement of-V the "queen bolt therethrough in'y order to adjust the said hounds tothe wagon-hounds, and it will'be seen, thatby reason of the fact `that all of the parts of thev present device are formed of material readily found upon the inar-v` ket, the improved device may be `cheaply manufactured, thatrthe same is ystrong and durable, Vand capable of being operated by anyone toadjust the tongue to any wagon l of ordinaryma'ke.V j

Short pieces 13EL of angle-iron are riveted, or votherwise secured, to the forward Vends of the tongue-hounds 3 3, in la manner to provide horizontally disposed plates having suitable apertures for the receptiono'f'the`` lower ends of :the'tbolts 13, for the .purpose of reinforcing the' latter and supporting the rear ends of the links lll- 14.

What is claimed is:

' device of the class described compris-V ing a pair of spaced angle `iron tonguehounds arranged one on either side of a wagon-tongue adjacent to its rear'end, drag links pivotally connect-ing the forward ends j' of 'said'hounds'to the sides of said tongue,

said hounds having horizontal slots located intermediate` their ends for the reception of the queen bolt traversing the wagon-hounds and tongue, and also having longitudinally disposed slots near their respective front and rear ends,'front and rear pairs of transverse" spreader lbars pivotally mounted at their inner ends and overlapping kup'onthe wagon-tongue for horizontal swinging imovement and arranged respectively in front and i:

in rear of the queen bolt, and having their outer ends each provided with aperforation adapted rto register with a respective longitudinal slot in the, spaced tongue-hounds,

and Vertical bolts traversing the said slots In testimony that I claim the foregoing and perforations, whereby when the said as my own I have hereto affixed my signaspreader bars are swung about their pivots ture in the presence of two witnesses.

upon the wagon-tongue, the adjacent ends ALOIS TEGELER. of said tongue-hounds are moved trans- Witnesses:

versely thereof to adjust the same to the M. H. MCCULLOCH, wagon-hounds. W. F. GETSGH.

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